Males of the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) use accessory gland substances to inhibit remating by females

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1538-1542

  Himuro, Chihiro ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory gland; Female remating inhibition; Oviposition; Seed bug; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PATERNITY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

HETEROPTERA; LYGAEIDAE;

EID: 55749088625     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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